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No. 302,840. Patented July 29, 1884.

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SAMUEL V. GREER, OF ROCKY HILL STATION, KENTUCKY.

HAND-@Aa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,840, dated July 29, 1884.

Application filed June 21.15.83. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, 'SAMUEL V. GREER., a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rocky Hill Station, Vin the county of Edmonson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Cars,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure lis a plan View ofthe platform and hinged door of the hand-ear. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe hand-car,taken from the side having the belt and pulleys. Fig. 3 is an elevation from the opposite side of the hand-car. Fig. 4t is an end elevation, and Fig. 5 is a detail view.

The track upon which the hand-car is to be run may be of any desired construction, and either elevated or laid upon the ground, as may be desired.

The hand-car k consists of atruck, c, having three aXles, Z Z Z2, the front and rear ones, Z Z', being longer than the middle one, Z2, and being provided with flanged wheels m 'm m and m', the wheel m having a fixed pulley, in?, at its outer end, as shown. These iianged wheels m m m and an. are adapted to run upon the trackrails of the elevated road, and are grooved near their inner faces to receive rubber tires a. The middle wheels, a', are grooved only, not flanged, are of larger diameter than the track-wheels, and are upon the inner sides of the longitudinal rails of the truck 7c. They are also provided with rubber tires a2, the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained. The platform o of the car is provided with mortises o near its rear end at one side, and also near its front end,to receive the stakes o2 of the removable side -board o3 and the end-gates oL and o5. The remaining side-board oi is removably hinged to the platform o, and a setscrew, ol, is employed to prevent its accidental removal from its pintles. The stakes o2 of the side-boards o3 and o project above their upper edges, and hooked hinged rods p2 are employed to hold them in place when the car is loaded. In hauling wood, grain in sacks, hogs, and the like,the end-gates need not be used. In hauling heavy wood for the fire-place, the hinged gate may be let down and form an incline up which the wood may be pushed. If,

however, the incline should be too steep,skids maybe employed. When in place, the sideboards and end-gates are connected near their The corners by hooks and staples, as shown. sidepof the truck opposite the hinged side-board is provided with a chain, q, having a hook to engage the pin in the section a of the traek,for the purpose of preventing the tipping of the car while loading the same. After the heavy timber has been loaded thehinged side-board should be turned up. and the forked prop q employed to hold it in place by entering the pins q2 into the holes in the plates g3 in the outer face of this side-board, and sinking the piked end q into the ground until the smaller wood has been loaded, when the hooked rods p2 should be hooked around the stakes and the prop removed. An arm, i', extends from the side of the truck-frame Zc, and from it rise two uprights, r r2, connected at their upper ends by a girder. A brace, 1', extends from near the top of the upright r to the front end of the truck Zc, where it is connected through its lateral arm r.

Between the uprightsi" if, near their upper ends, is journaled a band-wheel, s, from which an endless band, s', runs over the fixed pulleyV on the fianged wheel m. Between these uprighis i" r2, near their lower ends, is pivoted a lever, s2, carrying at its forward end a frictionpulley, s, and having near its lrear end a ratchet-slot, s, with which a pivoted detent, s, engages to regulate the tension on the endless band s. The shaft of the band-wheel s is provided with a removable crank, t, by which the motive power is imparted to the car while on the track. A chain,t, is secured to the rear end of the truck for the purpose of permitting the truck to be locked to a post or other secure place when it is desired to prevent unlicensed persons from using the car. Zhen this chain is not in use,it is hung upon a hook, a, at the side of the upright r2. Aremovable frame, u, is let through perforated metal plates into the platform Zt of the car, near its rear end, and a pivoted brace, a2, engages at its lower end a stud, ua, to give the frame strength. This frame a is used to push the hand-car after it has left the track and 4is upon the floor. By this frame a', and through the media of the rubber tires upon the end and middle wheels, before referred to, the car may be turned on a curve and run over the floor or carpet without IOC) injury to them; and it may be easily and readily passed through doorways by reason of the fact that the middle Wheels are the largest, and it may be tilted and guided with comparative ease. Posts o are to be placed at the termini of the divisions of the track to prevent the car from running oil' the same, and bumpers of rubber n are provided at each end ofthe cartruck to deaden the shock should the car come in contact with said posts.

lHaving thus fully described my invention,`

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A liandcar truck having the flanged Wheels m m m and the flanged wheel m, provided With the iiXed pulley mi, and the Wheels n', located at the middle of the truck, 'all of said wheels being pro vided with rubber tires n in grooves made therein,substantially as speciiied. i

2. In a hand-car, the combination, with the platform o, of the removable sideboard o, endgates o and 05,the removably hinged side-board o, and the hinged hook-rods p2, and corner hooks and staples, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the hinged sideboard o6 of a hand-oar, of the forked prop q, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

et. The combinatiomwith a hand-car having the rubber-tired Wheels m m m m', and the larger middle Wheels, u', similarly tired, ofthe removable frame a', having the pivoted brace ai, engaging the stud u, substantially as specilied. f

5. The combinatiomwith a car-truck having the iianged wheel m', provided with the xed pulleyv mi, of the endless band, the band-wheel journaled in-the uprights 1*12, the frictionpulley, and the pivoted detent engaging the ratcheted slot in one end of the pivoted lever carrying the friction-pulley, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL V. GREER.

Vitn esses:

BEN TURNER, JEssEY W. PARDUE. 

